> Current local time in London, United Kingdom: GMT (UTC+0) until March 28, then BST (UTC+1). Compare cities and plan meetings. > > Markdown version of https://wherora.com/time/london/ for AI agents and assistants. Live clocks and interactive tools need JavaScript: open the page in a browser to use them. # Time in London. United Kingdom · GMT/BST · Europe/London **London is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0)** until Sunday, March 28, 2027, when the clocks go forward an hour to British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1). Right now it’s 5 hours ahead of New York and 9 hours behind Tokyo. Times checked November 1, 2026 against the IANA time zone database. [How WherOra calculates times](https://wherora.com/about/methodology/) ## Time zone in London London uses **Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0)** in winter and **British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)** in summer. Time zone : Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / British Summer Time (BST) UTC offset : UTC+0 (standard) · UTC+1 (summer) Daylight saving : Yes IANA zone : Europe/London ### Clock changes in London, 2026–2027 - **Sunday, March 29, 2026**: clocks go forward one hour at 1:00 AM, to 2:00 AM (BST, UTC+1) - **Sunday, October 25, 2026**: clocks go back one hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM (GMT, UTC+0) - **Sunday, March 28, 2027**: clocks go forward one hour at 1:00 AM, to 2:00 AM (BST, UTC+1) - **Sunday, October 31, 2027**: clocks go back one hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM (GMT, UTC+0) Other countries change on different dates, so the gap between cities can shift for a week or more. [See how daylight saving affects meetings](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-gap-weeks/). ### Plan meetings with London Shared working hours and time differences for popular pairs: - [Chicago to London time](https://wherora.com/compare/chicago-london/) - [Dallas to London time](https://wherora.com/compare/dallas-london/) - [London to Dubai time](https://wherora.com/compare/london-dubai/) - [London to Singapore time](https://wherora.com/compare/london-singapore/) - [London to Tokyo time](https://wherora.com/compare/london-tokyo/) - [New York to London time](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-london/) - [Toronto to London time](https://wherora.com/compare/toronto-london/) Run a website, blog or intranet? [Add a free London clock to your site](https://wherora.com/embed/?city=london). It keeps the right time on its own. To compare London with any other place, use the clock above: press **+ Add city**, or set a date and drag the timeline to check a future meeting. [Convert a specific time](https://wherora.com/convert/) or [plan a meeting for up to six cities](https://wherora.com/meeting/). ## London: quick answers ### What time zone is London in? London uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) as standard time and British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) during daylight saving time. On phones and computers its time zone is called Europe/London. ### Does London observe daylight saving time? Yes. Clocks in London go forward one hour on Sunday, March 28, 2027, and back one hour on Sunday, October 31, 2027. ### What time is it in London when it’s 9 AM in New York? 2:00 PM in London. London is 5 hours ahead of New York right now. From March 14, when New York changes its clocks, 9 AM in New York is 1:00 PM in London. GMT converters [GMT time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/gmt/) [EST to GMT](https://wherora.com/convert/est-to-gmt/) Explore city times [Paris](https://wherora.com/time/paris/) [Berlin](https://wherora.com/time/berlin/) [Lisbon](https://wherora.com/time/lisbon/) [New York](https://wherora.com/time/new-york/) [Los Angeles](https://wherora.com/time/los-angeles/) [Tokyo](https://wherora.com/time/tokyo/) [All city times →](https://wherora.com/time/) ## Compare city pairs [See shared working hours for all pairs →](https://wherora.com/compare/) North America ↔ Europe - [New York–London](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-london/) - [Chicago–London](https://wherora.com/compare/chicago-london/) - [Toronto–London](https://wherora.com/compare/toronto-london/) - [Dallas–London](https://wherora.com/compare/dallas-london/) - [New York–Berlin](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-berlin/) North America ↔ Asia & Pacific - [New York–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-tokyo/) - [New York–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-manila/) - [New York–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-mumbai/) - [New York–Sydney](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-sydney/) - [Los Angeles–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/los-angeles-tokyo/) - [Los Angeles–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/los-angeles-manila/) - [Chicago–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/chicago-manila/) - [Toronto–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/toronto-manila/) - [San Francisco–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-mumbai/) - [San Francisco–Bengaluru](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-bengaluru/) Europe ↔ Asia & Middle East - [London–Dubai](https://wherora.com/compare/london-dubai/) - [London–Singapore](https://wherora.com/compare/london-singapore/) - [London–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/london-tokyo/) Close time zones - [New York–Los Angeles](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-los-angeles/) - [San Francisco–Austin](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-austin/) - [New York–Buenos Aires](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-buenos-aires/) - [Berlin–Lisbon](https://wherora.com/compare/berlin-lisbon/) - [Singapore–Sydney](https://wherora.com/compare/singapore-sydney/) - [Dubai–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/dubai-mumbai/) Badges show how far ahead or behind the second city is today. Read our guides[Clock changes this autumn](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-time-dates/)[Daylight saving gap weeks](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-gap-weeks/)[Fair meetings across time zones](https://wherora.com/guides/fair-meetings-across-time-zones/)[Time zone abbreviations](https://wherora.com/guides/time-zone-abbreviations/)[All guides](https://wherora.com/guides/) --- Source: https://wherora.com/time/london/ · Site guide for agents: https://wherora.com/llms.txt · How times are calculated: https://wherora.com/about/methodology/